PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 179, 7 January 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

'Mr ljober.t French, a well-lknown resl dent of Auckland and a prominent nolicense leader, died on Thursday last aged 66.

"l?' 111 produce inspector of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. inspected the stocks at the otrafcford branch yesterday, and returns south by to-day's express.

nf w? '3 from London of Mr William Strutt, R.B.A FZA an eminent painter, wlio visited Australia and. New Zealand some years ago.

New lias been received that Captai, F. B. Kynvett, formerly of Auckland, ha been wounded in South Africa. Captair Knyvett was with the Natal Light Horse.—Proas Ajssociation,

( Mrs. Toulmin-Smith, better known as Mrs. L. T. Mead, the novelist, passed away at Oxford in the early part of last month. She was the daughter of Rev. R. T. Mead, of Nohaval, Countv .Cork, and married Mr. Alfred ToulmiiiSmith in 1879. Her first novel was published whpn she was 17 years old.

Death has removed a very old resident of the Pafoiatua district in the person of Mr H. W. Godfrey, who was over eighty ycaj-s of age, and was for iT'VTi well-known builder. Tho late Mr Godfrey, as a youn<* man, was personally acquainted with Charles JJiokens, tho famous novelist, and frequently related experiences of Dickens Prior to going to Pahiatna twentv-four years ago, the deceased lived Pamnui, near Chrisfchureh. for forty vears.

TBie death occurred suddenlv vester TTn 1 ° w 1 ! 1 -., 8u110ek ' 'of Mr V.. \Wf f i I,|tz ™y. Decade,!, will, hi s . ■ ll ; l( ' recently come from Sydney where lie has resided for the lust 1.1 MMKs, oil a visit to his mother Mrs _odaes He had on Tuesday returned to r.troy from a short visit to his brother at Hawera, nad having the symptoms of 'XTawera, and having the svinntonK nf a cold had stayed in yTTrt morning. .Shortly after mid-day,' after fired ''"Vr ol "'' Wat T' <'*-